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The Wingfoot Clan (Akron edition), Vol. 57, No. 6 (February 8, 1968)

02-08-1968 1

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Vol. 57
WINGFOOTFCLAN4
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
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AKRON EDITION
No. 6
27 Become Emp/oyes Earning
New Donors • • 1 A 7
Of Blood AJ, 1,2
t\/ Statements Ready
A total of 27 Goodyear- :•fl<tir The annual statements of Sickness and accident and
ites donated blood for the * v,-• wages and benefits for supplemental workman's com-first
time at the most re- 93/i' t. Pr The above items are totaled
hourly employes are being pensation.
processed and will be sent
cent visit of the Summit in a preliminary entry indicat-
County Red Cross Blood- 4"' 31,0 4 ing the amount of money paid
4, ., to Goodyearites in Akron
mobile. 'p -,- during the month of Feb- to the individual employe.
The Bloodmobile attract- -
ruary. Payments concerning supple-
-
The report - tailored .to mental unemployment benefit
ed 337 donors at its last
provide an individual record payments, and hospitalization
visit, which was moved up a
of all benefit and wage pay- and medical payments for the
week because of scheduling dif-ments
made to or on behalf of employe and his dependents are
ficulties. Twenty employes
hourly employes-has been mod- added to provide an all-inclusive
reached gallon plateaus during
ified this year to give each em- total of all payments made.
the three days.
ploye a record of the purpose Benefit program costs listed
The next Bloodmobile visit to
of every expenditure. on the report include the fol-
Goodyear plants here is sched- The most significant change lowing:
uled for April 17-19. will reflect the increased value Hospital, medical and surgical
Goodyear's first-time donors of benefits provided by various insurance.
on Wednesday were: Dennis
company.programs during 1967. Sickness and accident protec-
Houggy, Research; David Quick,
" The value of such benefits tion, and supplemental work-squadron;
William Roberts, com-for
an employe receiving $6,600, man's compensation.
puter systems and procedures, - has increased approximately Life insurance protection of
and Lewis Semick Jr., cashiers. . .
$375. The additional cost of the $7,500.
The Thursday first-timers programs brings the total bene- Workmen's compensation pro-were:
Gerald Allen, Research; fits payment for hourly em- tection.
Minoo Dastoor, Research; Ray- : per employe, up from about ment protection.
mond Doucette, squadron; Den- . . .., $1,280 for the 1966 earnings Supplemental unemployment
nis Granger, squadron; Raymond .. .,zi · year. benefit protection.
McQuate, Research; David Sei- "r - The new statement also pro- Goodyear retirement plan. -6 +
kle, Research; Roger Steck, Re- : vides the employe with an hourly Payment to the Social Secur- -.
search; Robert Warman, plaster
' total in each of the cash pay- ity account.
model shop, and Lawson Wide- ment categories, where appli- The report ends with an item-man,
Research. cable. ized report on the number of
Donating for the first time
Cash payment categories list- weeks of vacation earned during
on Friday were: Richard Bauer, ing totals in wages paid add the previous year, the year in
Research; John Bittinger, Plant i * hours worked (where applica- which it is to be paid and the
1 inside transportation; Donald ble ) include the following. amount of dollars represented
Claborn, industrial and airplane Wages for time worked. in the vacation benefit.
tire building; Richard Cline, Re- Vacation pay. Collection of the information
search; Paul Crouch, Akron bill- S-,--
Holiday pay (not worked). presented to each employe on
ing and accounts receivable; . .. 036 Funeral pay. the statement has been a year-
Edward Cutcher, squadron; 0-.b Military make-up pay. long project. Running tallies
Paula Hinkle, government sales; #-.*... .. Jury duty pay. were kept on regular payments
Robert Dissent, solid coatings; Suggestion awards and 25- of all types made to employes,
Francis Karl, central engineer- TIRES FOR EARTHMOVER machines prove their resist-year
awards. and these were combined with
ing staff; Gloria Kimmich, Avi- ance to cuts by running over upended pieces of railroad rail at
SUB special account pay- figures not available until the
ation Products; Alvin Marteny, Goodyear's tire proving ground near San Angelo, Tex. A Cater-ments
end of the year. Metal Products; Carvath Nipper, pillar 631 Series B Tractor-Scraper, loaded to capacity, is used
qualit•r control, Plant 2 tires, in this test to compare the toughness of various rubber compounds.
and James Woelfel, Research. awmmmmmImm1llimillimli1ilimmmI1immmmI11111mmililmiimmmIiillimmmlililiiiiiliiili111mmwlimmlmiil•iiiiimi1111111mi11iIimmmwwmmm1111111111mii9• Two Akron Plants Make
Robert McMasters of Plant 3 -
Iceguard de-icing equipment =. progress Report On =
reached the seven-gallon mark in - I Safety Record Listing
donations and four Goodyearites • Monthly Investment Plan
attained the five-gallon goal: = a Two Akron facilities Goodyear Atomic, Portsmouth,
Charles Gebhart, Research; Wil- =. · • ranked in the top 10 in Good- . led all corporation facilities with-liam
Baker, reclaim department • Here is the latest report covering five months' operation M
foreman; W. F. Frieden, super- • of the Monthly Investment Plan through which employees • year World-Wide Safety out a disabling injury in 2,216,-
intendent, Plant 2 waste control, • may purchase Goodyear common shares. The plan is entirely • Standings for 1967. 000 man-hours worked. Good-and
Stanley Garthoff, adminis-· • voluntary and Goodyear pays all brokerage commissions. In- • Akron's Plant C and the year-India was runner-up with
trative engineering. • formation packets on the plan may be obtained from the • machine shop were rated no injuries in 1,728,000 man-
Two employes reached the • Cashier's Department or any office of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, • ninth and tenth among the com. hours, and Peru placed third
four-gallon plateau: Woodrow I Fenner & Smith, Inc. = pany's plants around the world. with 1,108,000 man-hours and no
Gero of materials development • 5 Overall, the corporation's safety injuries.
Purchase Number Number =
and Charles Heath of Research. • Price Shares Participants •=
performance improved, although Other top records were, in
Donors of three gallons are: • September, 1967 48.526 584 ·916 = there was an increase from 61 to order, reported for Brazil Tex-
Richard McMaster, cashiers; Ed- • October, 1967 44.751 1,681 2,447 =• 69 competing units during the tile, Muncie, Marysville, France,
a past year. GAC in Arizona, Plant C and the
ward Dedinsky, Goodyear Inter- M November, 1967 45.257 2,108 3,175 =
national oper-ating; Robert Fro- M With 61 units in 1966, Good- machine shop. December, 1967 52.938 1,916 3,370 5,
die Jr., mold design; Ray Neal, • January, 1968 52.862 · 2,029 3.513 == yearites experienced 644 injuries Awards to representatives of
electric shop, and Paul Davis, i • and 65,220 days lost. In 1967, the the winning plants will be pre-
Plant 2 inside transportation. M Average Price to Date 49.009 Total 8,318 • 69 units cut injuries to 613 and sented on Thursday, Feb. 29, at
(Continued On Page 7 )•days lost to 59,567. a luncheon in Goodyear Hall.

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